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Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.

The giant squid's 27-foot-long corpse lies preserved within a Sarasota aquarium.

Possibly the most beautiful carillon in the world, set atop Iron Mountain in Florida.

An author's private collection of quirky travel-trinkets and oddities has become a rotating mini-museum in the window of a local bookstore.

A haunted hill that supposedly defied gravity.

An abandoned Victorian house transformed into a museum and store filled with taxidermy and vintage goods.

This home is decked out like a psychedelic explosion of colors and bowling balls.

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

Given just one more year to live, Conrad Schuck built his dream house in Bartow, Florida.

Charlie Smith was almost certainly not 137 years old when he died, but why let that get in the way of a great story?

A cornucopia of gargoyles adorns the oldest portion of Oxford’s Magdalen College.

A theatre built to house the rowdy Oxford graduation ceremonies became the stage for a debate about God's existence.

The beams of the New College, Oxford dining hall come with an amazing story.

This Norman castle was once the site of a Victorian-era prison, and now exists as a luxury hotel.

Hidden in plain sight, this creepy sculpture watches from above.

The weathered grave of a medieval anchoress who walled herself up in a cell attached to a church.

Inside this church is an obscure piece of art carved by the famous Alice Liddell.

The fantastic charm of England's oldest botanical garden has made it a place of writerly inspiration for centuries.

The medieval legend behind this holy well was one of the inspirations behind "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland."

Oxford University's stateliest library seems designed to make students truly feel the weight of knowledge.

Home to the most complete dodo remains known - one head, and one foot.

One of Europe's oldest libraries.

The beloved fantasy novelist is buried near a church containing a whimsical etched glass window full of Narnia favorites.

The names Lúthien and Beren can be found inscribed on the shared grave of the famous writer and his beloved wife and muse.